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December 8, 2003
To review, or not to review
Posted by Seb Paquet
Lawrance M. Bernabo (currently Amazon reviewer #2, with 6700+ reviews under his belt) has written
a funny poem that encapsulates a lot of the ups and downs that hardcore reviewers go through while working their way towards the top of the Amazon rankings. Excerpt follows.
To review: perchance be voted: Yeah, there's the fun;
For in those votes for reviews what ranking may come
Whence we may achieve a cute little badge,
Must make us crazed: such obsession
Surely makes such big time fun of reviewing life;
For who would bear the wit and scorns of posts,
The counter review, the second page oblivion,
The pangs of negative votes, posting delay,
The insolence of edits and revisions
The steady rise of the unworthy reviewer,
When anyone might their ascension make
With some extra accounts?
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1. Arnold Kling on December 9, 2003 10:09 AM writes...
The key to getting a good rating on Amazon is to always give 5-star reviews. If you give a negative review, then the people who like the book will give you a lot of "no" votes.
I think that the whole system is corrupt. I stopped writing reviews for Amazon after a negative review I wrote was deleted by the author, who in fact emailed me with a threat to have my "top 1000" status revoked.
The content of some of the reviews is valuable. The reputation system could not suck worse.
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